At a point midway between Norway and Iceland, where the cold North Atlantic meets the even more frigid Norwegian Sea, a gorgeous huddle of islands sits subject to the vagaries of harsh Nordic weather. The Faroe Islands, 18 of them in all, comprise a self-governing territory belonging to Denmark.
Along with their abundant rugged beauty, wild ...

Among its other more famous traits, Marfa, Texas is a hard-drinking town. Defiant and irreverent and, in a rare comingling, also friendly. Its remoteness means that the rules elsewhere don’t apply. Creativity trumps profitability. Interesting trumps sensible. And it’s so hard to get to, residents want to reward you once you arrive, eager to ...